Melancholia

Melancholia

A meditation on the maddening persistence of sadness.

2008450 min7.3 / 10

A slow, introspective examination of grief and trauma in the aftermath of political violence, where three people grapple with loss through unconventional therapeutic means.

Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining their own grief.

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